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This year's statehouse battles over new gun regulations could all return next year with a renewed debate.

House and Senate Republicans are poised to present a series of bills in the 2014 session that look to repeal or alter some of the gun-control legislation passed by Democrats and implemented into law over the summer.

Indeed, Republicans are competing with one another to sponsor the bills.

And though the files are not yet public, GOP leaders say several Republicans have submitted gun-focused bill titles.

The move would renew the gun debate in an election year and is fueled by the recent ouster of two Democratic state senators primarily for their support of gun laws. The legislature created universal background checks, charged a fee for the checks, added new restrictions for domestic abusers, required in-person training for conceal carry permits and limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines.

Republicans see repeal as reform the public wants.

But Republicans face an uphill challenge. Democrats have a 37-28 majority in the House and will have an 18-17 majority in the Senate.

The repeal bills, many argue, will be struck down in committees.

"But we're united, and we'll hope that some Democrats will join us," said Rep. Chris Holbert, R-Parker, who will sponsor a measure that looks to repeal the measure that limits ammunition magazines to 15 rounds.

House Bill 1224, which passed the House by three votes and the Senate by a single vote this year, is by far the most controversial of the five gun-control bills passed. It received zero Republican support, while Democrats have insisted the measure will help save lives by preventing mass casualties.

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Holbert said Wednesday he's not looking for any compromises to the current law.

"We're looking for full-on repeal," Holbert said.

House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, a Denver Democrat, said if measures looking to repeal the gun laws are presented, they will be treated like any other bill.

"Wholesale repeals of these gun safety laws have little chance of passing," Ferrandino said. "If there's questions about tweaks to the laws, then they should be discussed and hashed out."

Underscoring their challenges, Republicans attempted in the past session to expand gun rights through measures that included allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons. The efforts died in committee.

"I don't see any more floor debate needed on the gun laws we passed," said Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, when asked if Democrats would send repeal legislation to so-called "kill committees" where they would be stopped from making it to a floor debate.

More than 50 Colorado sheriffs have filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper claiming the laws to limit magazines and universal gun background checks on all sales and transfers infringe on Second Amendment rights.

Hickenlooper, who signed the measures into law, said shortly after the recalls of State Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron, a Pueblo Democrat from a heavily Democratic district, that he was never "fired up on the magazine checks."

Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, is one of three Republicans who have announced they will look to unseat Hickenlooper in 2014.

"This can be Democrats' chance to redeem themselves in the eyes of the citizens of Colorado," said Brophy, who hopes to carry a bill to repeal either background checks or limits to ammunition magazines.

Sen. Andy Kerr, a Democrat from Lakewood, is from a swing district and up for re-election in 2014. He voted for the bills that limit ammunition magazines and expand background checks.

"I've talked to constituents who love my votes on guns and who hate them," Kerr said. "At this point, I don't see any reason to change my stance."

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